Samuel hushaw



(No Model.)

S. HUSHAW.

GATE. No. 336,049. Patented Feb. 9, 1886.

WITNESSES INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL HUSHAW, OF INDUSTRY, ILLINOIS.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 336.049. dated February9, 1886.

Application filed January 21, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HUSHAW, of Industry, in the county ofMcDonough and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Farm-Gates; and I do hereby declare that the followingdescription will enable others skilled in the art to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to theletters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to supply a long felt Want among farmersin the con struction of a durable and efficient farm-gate with suitableappliances, so that the gate can be opened or closed from either side bythe operator, either on foot or horseback, or in a carriage or loadedlumbenwagou; and its novelty consists in suitable appliances with waysor tracks that can be inclined, to which the gate is hung, and can beopened or closed from either side, all as fully set forth in thefollowing description, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing, which is aperspective view of the invention, Arepresents the gate, which is constructed in the usual manner, exceptthe end cleats, which extend up above the upper cross-bar a foot ormore, and are provided with friction-wheels ff, which rest on the waysor tracks 8 8. These tracks, at their outer ends, are pivoted to theposts 9 9, their inner ends being attached by flexible straps or chainsi't" t0 the wheel B. By means of these flexible straps the inner ends ofthe ways 8 s can be raised or lowered, so as to form an incline eitherinward or outward, both inclining the same way sufficiently to cause thegate to open or close by means of its own weight. The wheel B is hung011 an axle which passes through the posts 10 w, and has a weighted arm,on, and spring-arm y attached, as shown.

'n. 02 represent curved cross-pieces firmly attached to the upper endsof the posts 10 w. The cords o and a on each side of the gate are attheir inner ends firmly attached to the weighted arm m. The cords 0 0are attached on the front side, as shown, and the cords a a on the rearside. They then pass through the eyes at each end of the cross-pieces nn, as shown, thence out on each side to the posts J J, and through theeyes in the arm a. The

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handles d d d d are attached to their outer ends, which also act asweights to keep the cords stretched tight.

The operation is as follows: The gate being represented shut, theoperator, approaching from either side of the gate A, with the handgrasps the uppermost handle d, or, as shown, the handle that is attachedto the cord 0, and gives it a brisk pull, which draws the weighted arm mover to the side opposite to which it is shown, and in so doing thepivoted ways 8 s, by means of the flexible straps ii, change theincline, the straps being wound up and let out on the Wheel B, so as toform an incline track outward; also by the same movement the spring-army strikes the projecting pin 0, which gives the gate a start, and bymeans of the inclined ways 8 s and friction-wheels ff the gate runs backto the outer post 9 by its own weight. In closing the gate the samemovement is required as in opening. Only the cord a is drawn, whichdraws the weighted arm at back to its shown position, which changes theincline of the tracks 8 s, so that when the gate is started, as inopening, it will run forward and close, as shown.

The weighted arm at is of sufficient weight to hold the tracks 8 s inthe position that will keep the gate closed or opened, as mayberequired.

The projecting pins e e are placed in such a position on the gate thatin opening or closing the spring-arm y will strike one or the othersufficiently to start the gate to open or close, as the case may be.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the supporting-posts and gate provided with rollersff and pins 6 e, the pivoted ways or tracks 8 s, wheel B, connected withsaid tracks by flexible straps z i, and carrying weighted arm at andspringarm y, cords o a, attached to said weighted arm and provided withhandlesd d, and guidesupports for said cords, substantially asdescribed.

SAMUEL HUSHAVV.

Witnesses:

L. J. PRICE, W. T. Paws.

